Rail-saw.



G. JOHNSTON.

RAIL SAW.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.28,1912.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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G. JOHNSTON.

RAIL SAW,

APPLICATION FILED 33.28, 1012. 1,1 05,794. Patented Aug. 4, 1914 2 SHEEN-SHEET 2.

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GUSTAVE JOHNSTON, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

RAIL-SAW.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GUsrAvn JOHNSTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Saws, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to saws, and more particularlyto saws used in work ing metallic objects such as steel rails, I-beams,channel irons and the like, and has for its object, broadly, the provisionof a holder and operating mechanism that will hold and guide the saw throughout its operation, insuring perfect and accurate work, and adding materially to the efi'ective life of the saw blade.

A principal object ofimy invention is to provide a sawfor rails, I-beams and the like with a mechanism that will maintain the saw in a single plane throughout each cutting operation, thereby preventing the blade from twisting or rubbing against the sides of the cut, and producinga true, even surface where the material is out.

A further object of this invention is to provide the said saw with a mechanism that will feed it in proper equal amounts to the work at each reciprocation, insuring a smooth even action of the saw.

Further aims and advantages of my in vention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which taken in connection with the accompanying drawing illustratesone preferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a saw provided with a mechanism made in pursuance of my invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a device shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the said device, Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4+ of Fig.2, and Fig.5 is an enlarged horizontal. section onvthe line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

For the purposes of illustrating my invention I have shown the saw and its attendant mechanism inoperative position upon a rail 11. The said mechanism consists of a clamping member 12, a reciprocating frame 13 and a saw holder 14 adapted to be automatically moved toward the work as the saw is reciprocated to feed the said saw to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28, 1912.

Serial N0. 680,403.

work as will be hereinafter described. In the said yoke 14 is secured a saw blade 15 of any desired form adapted to cut the material of the rail or other object. The said clamplng 1 member is provided with the downwardly extending arms 16 and 17 spaced apart and adapted to be positioned neath which are located a similar pair of:

alined ibearings 22, said bearings being adapted to supportthe frame 13 as it reciprocates across the object clamped between the arms 16 and 17.

The frame 13 is composed of a pair of end members 23 connected by the rods 24, which are mounted in the bearings 21 and 22 respectiveg, and adapted to reciprocate therein. ne of the end members 23 is composed of a curved yoke 24: and a smooth bearing rod 25 secured in the ends of the said yoke. The other member 23 is composed of a yoke 26and a feeding screw 27, said screw being rotatably mounted in the ends of the said yoke, and operated as will be hereinafter disclosed.

Theyoke 14.- carrying thesaw 15 may be of any desired form, and is provided with the rearwardly extending lugs 28 and 29, the lug 28 having an aperture therethrough which serves as a bearing for therod 25. The lug 29is provided with a similar aperture in which is looselymountedjthe screw 27. Thislug has also anoutwardly disposed cylindrical shoulder 31 in which and communicating with the aperture in the said lug is provided an aperture 32. In the latter aperture is positioned the movable feedingmember 33 adapted when in operative position to engage the screw 27 to move the yoke 14 and saw 15 to and from the rail 11 as the said screw is rotated. To maintain the member 33 in operative and inoperative positions a locking pin 34; is provided. The said pin is positioned within an aperture in the shoulder 31, and has its end shaped to Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

the yoke 26 as at 42.

engage suitably formed recesses 35 provided in a slot 36 of the member 33. The said pin is normally urged in the direction of the said feeding member by means of a spring 37. c

To reciprocate the said saw backward and forward across the rail 11, and to feed it downwardly at each reciprocation, I have provided the operating'mechanism as follows :A lever 38 is pivotally mounted on the arm 16 of the clamping member 12 as :at 39. Connecting the said lever to the end yoke 26 of the-frame 13 is provided a link 41 havingfone end pivotally secured to the said lever intermediate its ends, and having the other end pivotally secured to The screw 27 extends through the upper end of the yoke 26 and terminates ina ratchet wheel 43 which is adapted to be rotated by a pawl 44.. This pawl is pivotally secured to and actuated by the bell-crank lever 45 mounted on the said yoke near its upper extremity- The other arm of the lever 45 is connected to the link 41 at a point intermediate its ends as at 46 by means of a link 47. After the saw and .its mechanism have'been clamped upon a railv or other object,- the lockingmember 33 may be moved outwardly from the position shown in Fig. 5, the saw lowered into contact with the work and the member 33 returned to operative position. As the lever 38 is now oscillated the saw will reciprocate back-and forth across the work, the oscillation of the lever serving also to feed the saw to the vwork, alternately engaging and Y disengaging the pawl 44 with itsiratchet 43 by means of the link connections 46 and 47. After a out has been made, and itis desired to return the saw to initial position, the feedingmember or traveler 33 may be disposed, in inoperative positionzby engag-.

ing the locking pin 34with the inner recess 35 when the yoke carrying the saw may be moved upwardly as is shown in Fig. 1.

It will be manifest that a saw provided with a mechanism embodying my invention will operate ina single plane producing a true surface where the work is cut, and eliminating all danger of rubbing the saw against the sides of the cut, or twisting it as it isreciprocated back and forth.

It'will be obvious, moreover, that various changes may be madein the minor details of construction, the arrangement of parts and the form of the said parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the claims, or sacrificing any of its advantages, the form. here-- to be sawed,,a frame comprising a plurality of rods slidably mounted in said bearings I for longitudinal reciprocation across said rail, a plurality of upright guides carried by said frame, one of said guides being provided with threads, a saw holder mount.- ed on said guides for movement toward and from the'rail to be sawed, a saw blade carried by said holder, means for reciprocating said frame, mechanism operated by said reciprocating means for rotating said threaded guide during the cutting stroke of the saw, and a threaded block carried by said holder in position to engage said threaded guide whereby the holder is fed toward the work upon rotative movement of said threaded guide, said block being adapted to be withdrawn from operative relation to saidguide whereby to permit movement of said saw to inoperative position.

4 2. In a ra1l saw,-the combination of a body provided with a lurality of slide bearings and adapted to besecured to a rail to be sawed,a frame comprising a plurality of rods slidably mounted in said bearings for longitudinal reciprocation across said rail,,a plurality of upright guides carried by said frame, one of said guides being provided with threads, a ratchet wheel mounted on the upper end of said threaded guide, a

saw holder mounted on said guides for movement toward and-from the rail to be sawed, a saw blade carried by said holder, an-operating handle pivoted .on' said body, a link connecting saidhandle and said frame whereby'the frame is reciprocated, a bell crank lever pivoted on said frame, means connecting one arm of said bell crank lever with said link whereby said bell crank lever is operated upon movement of said handle, and a pawl carried by the other arm of said bell crank lever in position to engage with said ratchet wheel on the upper end of the threaded guide, the connections between said handle and said ratchet wheel being'adapts ed to rotate said ratchet wheel to feed the saw toward the work during the cutting 7. A. STEVENSON, FRED W. KLEB.

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